There is a dream called football

Dragon Stadium.

Porto's home stadium has been undergoing renovations for the 2004 European Cup, and its capacity has been greatly reduced, from 50,000 to more than 30,000. The stands on one side have not been fully renovated.

But even so, it is one of the best stadiums in Portugal and even Europe. The Dragon Stadium will also host the opening game of next year's European Cup.

Like most of his teammates, Li Qiao also stepped onto the lawn of Dragon Stadium for the first time, so the feeling was naturally different.

You won't feel the sense of ritual when playing football in a small stadium. It's like the ancients spending huge sums of money to build temples.

Without temples, wouldn't Greeks be able to worship the gods? Of course not, but if there were no grand temples, then it would be impossible to have that shocking feeling.

Modern football stadiums also have the same function. It is impossible to understand all this without standing in it personally.

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Lopez, a reporter from "Record", one of Portugal's largest sports media, came to the Dragon Stadium early.

The attention of the Portuguese Cup has always been relatively low, but he saw the value of this game. It was a game between Porto's first team and team B. At least it had something to hype about. This was what journalists cared about most.

Lopez greeted Mourinho as he walked over. Jose had already walked over, but he still stepped back, put his hands in his pockets, and said with a smile: "You should pay attention to another Jose in this game, our assistant."

coach."

"Jose, Porto's youth training is top-notch in Europe. Don't you want to discover some talents from the B team through competitions?"

Mourinho smiled and said: "Real talents don't need to be discovered, they will pop up in front of you."

"Then do you have your eye on any players from team B?"

Mourinho shook his head, "Not yet."

"Jose, do you want to hear my opinion on the first team?"

Mourinho put on an expression of being accommodating. When it comes to reporters, Mourinho's attitude is that he can take advantage of it, but he cannot talk to him.

I thought that the other party was just talking about some clichés, but unexpectedly, the other party hit the point.

"I think the biggest shortcoming of the first team is the Russian Alenichev."

Alenichev is the team's winger.

Mourinho is very satisfied with Maniche. The Portuguese has good breakthrough ability and is also very active in defense. He can return to the defensive midfielder position and has a particularly awesome shot.

But for Russia, this can only be said to be a qualified winger without many characteristics.

Alenichev will have no problem playing in the Portuguese Super League, but when it comes to the most important showdown in the Champions League, it is difficult to say whether the Russian can perform as usual.

Mourinho is mature and prudent. Even if the other party is right, he will remain calm.

"I think the Russian is very good. He is suitable for our team. Thank you." After saying this, Mourinho left.

Valle did not accept interviews at all and had nothing to say. No matter he won or lost, he was a member of the Porto club and there was no need to cause trouble for Mourinho.

*****

The starting lineup came out, and as expected, most of the main players were hidden in the first team.

Without midfield magician Deco.

There is no Maniche and no Alenichev.

There was no McCarthy on the front line, and even goalkeeper Baia did not play. Porto responded with this lineup.

Moreover, the Jose standing on the sidelines is not the familiar Jose. Mourinho is sitting on the bench, and the team's affairs are left to his assistant Mores.

For team B, I don’t know whether to feel lucky or humiliated. Maybe it depends on the final result of the game after 90 minutes.

Li Qiao and Lei Wen were back to back, arms linked together, first lifting one side up and then doing the same stretching action on the other side.

This is the warm-up before the game. Dada and Fabio are also doing the same warm-up. After they are fully warmed up, they can train with the ball.

Li Qiao will do several sets of high-intensity kicks, and then shoot a goal, repeating the process over and over again.

At this moment, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly improved, and it turned out that a big name appeared on the stage.

Deco!

He didn't start, but he was in the squad and came out to warm up.

At this time, Deco's fame was still limited to Portugal and Brazil. Li Qiao knew that he would be stronger in the future. If history did not change for him, then he would probably go to Barcelona. In the past few years in Barcelona, ​​Deco played a very good role.

The role of the midfield brain.

Li Qiao glanced at Deco a few times, withdrew his gaze, and thought to himself: "We must be promoted to the first team as soon as possible and play with these masters, so that our level will improve faster."

Although many people later had a lot of opinions about Porto, Li Qiao knew that Porto at this time was indeed awesome, and it was also the best "black shop" in the past 20 years.

*****

Valle took the initiative to walk towards Jose Morez, "Congratulations, I finally got rid of your boss."

"Haha, don't hurt me."

"Don't worry, I will defeat you and won't save you face."

Morais smiled and said: "Although I sent out a substitute lineup, it is still not difficult for me to defeat the B team."

Valle smiled and said, "Of course you have transferred all the good players away, but football is round, never forget it."

"Haha, I'd like to see it."

After the head coaches of both sides exchanged greetings, it was the turn of the players from both sides. During the pre-game salute and handshake, the two sides were still very friendly.

But Team B is holding their breath, this is a perfect opportunity to prove themselves.

Mourinho was a little uncomfortable on the bench. Maybe he was used to being the protagonist, and suddenly he felt like a supporting role...

It's like Ferguson later retired and kept saying that he didn't care anymore, but he still came to Manchester United games often and just couldn't sit still.

Mourinho took out his notebook, stretched out his finger to point out the players, randomly selected an opponent's frontcourt player, and recorded his effective number of touches.

After some clicking, Mourinho chose No. 7 Li Qiao.

"Okay, it's just you."

After the game started, Mourinho's eyes were focused on Li Qiao alone.

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Mourinho looked at his watch and was surprised. In just five minutes, Li Qiao effectively touched the ball 10 times, all of which were successful.

Mourinho tapped the pen in his hand and said, "Something interesting."

However, this could also be a coincidence, so he decided to continue observing.

But the focus of Moraes's eyes is completely different from that of his boss. He is staring at Fabio in the penalty area.

Fabio is an outstanding product of the youth training, and Morais has also paid attention to him. He plays as an attacking midfielder, but in this game he was obviously in the forward position.

"Why? Could it be a secret weapon?"

Moraes vaguely felt that this game would not be easy, because he understood Valle's mentality. As Mourinho's subordinate, who doesn't want to be out of position!